Crushed live rock

[animatedcorals]

So I’m in the process of upgrading to a 48x30x24 tank with a 36x18 Tideline sump. I plan on transferring all my live rock but several pieces I’d like to add to my sump to keep the bacteria colony that’s been established plus some have mushrooms I don’t want to add to my display. My question is would breaking the pieces of LR to golf ball/tennis ball sizes cause any negative to my bacteria? I won’t have room in my sump for the pieces I want to add in there so I was wondering if crushing them to rubble will be the same thing. I was thinking of plumbing a secondary sump to my main sump just to store LR but don’t really want to take up more space in my stand. Any ideas or advice? Thanks

 

[fishguy242]

hi, nope will not hurt a thing, will actually create more surface area.
enjoy the new tank.

 

[animatedcorals]

hi, nope will not hurt a thing, will actually create more surface area.
enjoy the new tank.

Awesome thanks a lot! Thanks I was going forward a longer tank but when I saw 30” compared to 24” depth it’s crazy how much bigger it looks. I feel 18, 20, 24” they all look relatively the same. 30 stands out though - I could imagine 36 or 48” deep! Even in pictures you don’t get a good idea of how deep it looks than in person